Daily Republican., 1887-12-23
THE KANSAS BLIZZ ARD.
Terrible Experiences In Parts OF Kan
eas-A Railroad Man GIvss Ees sou
for the Scarcity Of Fuel.

Terrible Experiences In Parts OF Kan
eas-A Railroad Man GIvss Res Sous
for the Scarcity Of Fuel.
CHICAGO, Dec. "a A Daily News
special from Copeks, Ksnsss, says M.
j. Il. Hazeltoue, banker OF johnson
City, on the frontier. is In the city. He
reports that q farmer named L. O.
Clark, living near Golden, Grant
County. LETT his family 1t home Mon
day to go to Hartlaud, the nearest rail.
road point, for the puYposs of getting
coal, his family being entirely without
fuel. He left HartlRud late Monday
evening with his coal and the next
morning WAS found about six miles
from home lying by the side OF his
horses frozen stiff The animals were
also frozen, and All OF the bodiel were
partly covered by snow. Clark's wife
and three children had In the mean.
time nearly perished, and had only
saved themselves from death by leaving
the shell OF q house and taking refuge
from the blizzard In cave.
Two deaths are reported from Greeley
County, situated on the Colorado liuC
A brother ana sister, who lived on
claim In On unsettled portion of the
county, found Themselves without fuel
Sunday evening. They tore down q
small shed to bnrn the lumbsr, and
that night sil bat the small amount
which they had themS selves burned was
stolen from them.
Early In the morning the young man
went TO the town OF Horace, about
seven miles distant, and succeeded in
getting 200 pounds OF coal late in the
afternoon. Being obliged 10 travel
against the furious wino then blowing,
he did Lot reach home uutii nearly
mid night. His limbs were then numb,
and he was so exhaaste1 that it was
with great difficulty that he gained ad-
miseion to the house. He fouod his
sister in be0, iDeensible xnd aim st
stiff. She had been without fire all
day, and tho poorly built house afforded
her Little protection. A)tkoush the
younZ man wAs almost frozen himself
be tr.ed TO revive his sister, but 10 no
Avail.
The other death reported from Gree.
ley Connty ID That OF "a farmer SO yeeEs
old, whose name cannot be learned. he
lived s!Cne, and was not only without
fuel, but without food.
A widow named Mrs. Riley aud her
two children perighed in TIA storm of
Monday night, near D!gh.on, in Lane
County. They were without fuel, and
the Storm came 80 suddenly upon them
that they were unable TO get 1t. Ths
womsn's Oldest fon started out in tae
storm to get coal. He was overcome
| by the intense cold, tus fortunately
| wandered TO the house Of q neighbor.
He W &s unable to speak, and his arms,
feet aud ears weKe frozen By strenuous
efforts his life was saved, although he
will probably lose his fset. There are
also reports OF great suffering In Clark
County on the Indian Territory line. A
family OF four were travelling overland,
and being bus ten miles from hona and
several miles from any other house, de-
termined to reach home that night In
spite OF the terrible storm. The hOrses
| were overcome and tho family was
obliged to sbsEdon the horses and
house. A 2 year old child frt "a TO death
In it's fathers arms before sheiter was
reached. The others reached the housa
badly frozsn.
The condition Of the people in Weet-
ern and Southwestern Kansas ts veiy
| bad. This part of the State has bet
only recently settled, and come of the
counties are still unorEAuized Nearly
all the people settled Ga Government
claims and ,wesr.witnout money ,depert I.
ing entirely on the crop TO be raissu
this fall. Tbs crop, however, was q
total failure because OF the drou shC,
leaving the people ~ general thing
destitute, Tho majority of the people
live in Tudeiy bnilg housee, which @ford
very little protection.
LINCOLN, NsD,, Dec. 90 1t ia be.
l,evsd that the reports o! the blizzard
q Tespiug over Western Nsbrasha will
show that q nambsr OF ltv6s were lost
in the storm. Owing to the distance
from the railroad OF the new and mor9
unprotected homesteade and ssttlers,
the facts canact be known for several
days Iu the recently organized Ooun
ty of Perkins the death " q man and
boy Is reported. They were sifemptiog
to make their ranch, wv mtg miles from
tO'Gallata. VIXEN the stQrio oyerpowerad
them. Both were frozen tu death.
| CHICAGO, Dec 90 "A Topeka des
patch says: IL reeBrd 10 The state OF
affairs In Ksnsas, where the blizzard Is
raging, Colonel M QuiGg, general man
ager OF the Atchison's Goa. business,
| said to day: "fn the last three years
there have been constrlcsed about coo
miles of railroad track il tho State Of
Kansas. Every milo of this track re.
quires q certain amount of coal for Its
operation, and l beIievs scarcely IL mile
OF this new construction passed coal
fisld or has in any degrees contributed
by production OF othe- Tiae 10 the casl
supply.
"On the line of these newly construct.
ed roads hundreds of towns Davo been
built These loves ore occupied by
thousands of people fron abroad, ami
Isy,t lla Nd In nj ha, 90 lNts h.
ed. every one of which requires the
consumption of q certain amount of
fuel, but not one contributes in any way
to Its production"
Colonel Quieg says he hopes for an
improvement in the situation tha COM
ing week.
KANSAS City, Deo. % The weather
continues to moderate in this city and
In the State of Kansas. Tonight the
thermometer is ES degrees above and Is
slowly riaing. Encouraging reports are
coming in from the West, which go far
TO remove. the impression which seems
to have gone out that there is extreme
suffering In KanBas from lack Of food
and fusl While there hava been un.
|doub.edly isolated cases Of death from
exposure and instances OF individual
suffering from scarcity of provisions OF
coal, there is no doubt thas the coDdi.
tion of Affairs has been greatly eEag
gerated and misrepresents sd by irre-
sponsible persons.
The time honored Notge Dame, Balti.
more, Md.
We have had ample opportunity to
convince ourselves of the efficacy OF
Salvation Oil. We cheeZfully submit
tN No uafp